https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48962 2026-04-10T02:17:47Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49097 Title: Total cholesterol levels in the Maltese sausage Abstract: An interesting, but relatively unexplored field in the assessment of the Maltese diet, is the evaluation of the nutritional status of certain traditional dishes and delicacies which, if not endemic to our islands, may only be found in the vicinity of the Mediterranean region. Amongst the more important constituents of such foods, one will most certainly dwell on the cholesterol content of these dishes, this being the most abundant sterol in the body and definitely one with the greatest health implications. With this perspective in mind a study was undertaken to investigate the total cholesterol levels of the Maltese sausage. Using a semi-enzymatic analytical procedure, the total cholesterol concentration of a particular sample was measured, and the value found to be approximately lmg per gm. This value could have serious consequences on atherosclerotic patients. 1989-04-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49091 Title: Pharmacists of old : 155-161 Abstract: I am recording the names of our dear fellow-Pharmacists who left to join their Creator. I do hereby offer my and your sincere condolences to their respective families or relatives. 1989-04-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49087 Title: Clinically important drug interactions Abstract: Much attention has been focused on adverse drug interactions during the last 15 years or so, and as a result many drug-drug interactions are now predictable and many of the unwanted consequences of using drug combinations can be avoided by simply adjusting the dosage of one or more of the interactants. As a result of this, there has been a considerable improvement in the safety and efficacy of therapy with drug combinations. Unfortunately, however, because much has been written and published with a lack of clinical perspective, the literature has become clogged with a sticky and impenetrable morass of irrelevant information much of which has been generated in animal studies or in single-dose pharmacokinetic studies in healthy subjects usually drawn from a young adult age group. Such studies can be of predictive value, but only if they mimic the clinical situation and if they relate to drug combinations and dosage regimes that are normally used in sick patients. Likewise a large number of uncorroborated or anecdotal observations on individual patients have appeared. These are useful if they stimulate other clinicians to report similar experiences in their own patients. However, if other reports are not forthcoming then the original report should be regarded as idiosyncratic and be accepted with some reservation as to its generality. 1989-04-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49086 Title: The pharmacist Clemente Mifsud Bonnici and his views of the Plague of 1813 Abstract: Plague has been no stranger to the Maltese Islands since at least the 13th century. In fact it visited us no less than sixteen times from 1270 to 1945 - the last epidemic on record. The most severe outbreak - in terms of mortality - was that of 1675-6 with 8,569 to 11,300 deaths. The second largest was that of 1813 with 4,676 fatalities. An unpublished account of the 1813 plague comes from the pen of the pharmacist Clemente Mifsud Bonnici who lived through it. 1989-04-01T00:00:00Z